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Meaning of hierarchy in English
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/ˈhaɪ(ə)ˌrɑrki/
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Noun
hierarchy
Etymology
late Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs‘sacred ruler’ (see hierarch). The earliest sense was ‘system of orders of angels and heavenly beings’; the other senses date from the 17th century
Definitions
1.
a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
Examples
« put honesty first in her hierarchy of values »
2.
the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body